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October 21, 2004
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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
This month in Harvard history
Oct. 6, 1642 - "The times and order of their Studies, unlesse experience shall shew cause to alter," the earliest detailed Harvard curriculum, is preserved in writing. Harvard's undergraduate course of study, begun as a three-year program in 1638, expands to four in 1652.
Oct. 7, 1783 - With high ceremony, Harvard Medical School officially opens as the "Medical Institution of Harvard University." Its first home is the ever-versatile Holden Chapel.
Oct. 23, 1832 - Dane Hall, the Law School's first new building, is formally dedicated in Harvard Yard and serves for more than half a century thereafter.
- From the Harvard Historical Calendar, a database compiled by Marvin Hightower
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